Bottle-rinser.



UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX W. NORKEWITZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A. MAGNUS SONS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE- SPECIFICATION forining part of Letters Patent No. 721,824, dated March 3, 1903.

Application filed April 28, 1902.

- rinse the bottles after they have been washed,

although it can be used, of course, at any time and for any purpose to which it may be adapted. V

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and easily-operated machine for rinsing and cleansing bottles by means of jets or sprays of water.

With this and other ends in 'view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal view. Fig. 2 is a transverse section view. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the jet-frame. Fig. 4. shows a modification. Fig. 5 illustrates a form of bottlerack which can be used for holding bottles, and Fig. 6 shows the manner in which the water-valve can be operated by one of the eccentric cams.

In the drawings like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures, and, referring thereto, 10 designates the frame of the machine, which can be conveniently made of angle-iron or in any suitable way and is provided with the tracks 11. The tracks are made inclined and are higher at the head end of the frame, for a purpose hereinafter described. The jet-frame 12 may be conveniently made of ordinary pipe of suitable size, and in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings it is constructed of rectangular form, with two transverse connections 13, the entire frame being made of pipe and connected by ordinary pipejoints. The jet-pipes are distributed on the frame in any desired arrangement, and they may be provided at their discharge ends with spraying devices, if desired. The jet-frame drippin'gs from the bottles.

Serial No. 104,964. (No model) is provided with side lugs 15, having openings 16 to receive the guide-rods 17, which are fastened to the frame at the head end thereof and extend downwardly, as shown in Fig. 2.

The bottles are arranged in a rack of any suitable character, and in Fig. 5 I have illustrated a rack 18 of the construction now employed for holding the bottles in a washingmachine; butI do not restrict myself to a rack of any particular character. The rack, full of bottles, may be taken directly from the washing-machine and placed upon the track of the rinser immediately above the'jet-frame, a stop 19 being provided at the head end of the rinser against which the bottle-rack can be adjusted, so that the bottles will be held in place by the rack immediately above and in such alinement with the jets that when the jet-frame is elevated the jet-pipes will enter the bottles. The jet-frame is elevated by means of a handle 20 on a shaft 21, journaled in bearing-boxes 22, adjustably secured on the guide-rods 17. The shaft 21 carries eccentric cams 23, which are arranged to engage the under side of the jet-frame and raise the latter when the shaft is operated to carry the jets into the bottles. At the same time a water-valve 24 of suitable construction in the water-pipe 25 is opened by the handle 20 to turn on the supply of water to the jetframe in jets, and after the bottles have been thoroughly rinsed the handle is returned to its initial position to withdraw the jets from the bottles and at the same time" reseat the valve to shut off the water, so that the watersupply is turned on only during the time the jet-pipes are in the bottles, and thus a waste of water is prevented. A drip-pan 26 may be carried by the guide-rods 17 to receive the After the bottles have been rinsed the bottle-rack is pushed down to the lower end of the frame and is then removed, the inclined track greatly facilitating the disposition of the rinsed bottles in this way.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a modification 0f the invention, in which guide-brackets 27 are suspended from each side of the frame instead of the guide-rods 17 shown in Fig. 2, and these brackets are provided with guideslots 28 to receive studs 29 on the jet-frame.

In this construction the rock-shaft 21, carrying the eccentric cams 23,is journaled in bearings 30 on the brackets.

My machine is very simple in construction and operation, and its use in connection with a washing-machine will greatly improve the condition of the bottles by thoroughly rinsing them and completely cleansing the interior thereof, so that they can be immediately refilled. An important feature of the invention consists in the fact that its use in connection with a washing-machine requires practically no additional labor on the part of the operator of the washing-machine, who simply removes the rack of bottles from the washingmachine and places it on the rinser in the same manner as he would place it on a table and operates the handle 20 to turn on the water. While the next rack of bottles is being washed the first-mentioned rack of hottles is being rinsed, and before removing the rack from the washing-machine the operator simply turns olf the water from the rinsingmachine and pushes the rack of bottles thereon down the inclined track, so that he can place the rack of bottles then in the washingmachine on the rinser. It will therefore be observed that the only additional labor required is in manipulating the handle 20 and pushing the rack of bottles down the track after being rinsed, and these operations are so simple that in actual practice it has been found they can be readily performed by the operator of the washing-machine. The watersupply may be connected with the supply of the washing-machine and in such a way that the water will be turned onto and off from both at the same time. The jet-frame may be constructed in any way and provided with any number of jet-pipes; but of course they must be arranged in number and location to correspond with the position of the bottles in the rack, so that the jet-pipes will be sure to enter the bottles in the proper manner.

I may employ any suitable kind of watervalve and connect it in any suitable way with the handle or eccentric shaft, so that it will be operated thereby at the same time that the jet-pipes are carried into and out of the bottles, and in Fig. 6 I have shown a spring-controlled valve provided with a stem 35, which rides against one of the eccentric cams, the cam operating to close the valve and thespring operating to open the valve when the cam has been carried upward to elevate the jetframe. It will also be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention, and I would therefore have it understood that I reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bottle-rinser, the combination of a main frame, inclined tracks thereon arranged higher at the head than at the other end of the main frame, a jet-frame carrying waterjet tubes at the head end of the main frame, means for supporting bottles on the tracks and above the jet-tubes, and means for raising and lowering the jet frame and tubes.

2. In a bottle-rinser, the combination of a main frame, guides depending from the main frame, a jet-frame carrying water-jet tubes and guided on said guides, a rock-shaft journaled in hearings on the guides, eccentric cams carried by the rock-shaft and arranged to engage the under side of the jet-frame, and means for operating the rock-shaft to raise and lower the jet-frame.

3. In a bottle-rinser, the combination of a main frame, guides on said frame, a jet-frame guided on said guides and carrying jet-tubes, a rock-shaft arranged below the jet-frame, eccentric cams carried by said rock-shaft, means for holding bottles above the jet-tubes, a water-pipe connected to the jet-frame, a valve in said pipe, and a handle for simultaneously operating the rock-shaft and the water-valve.

MAX W. NORKEWITZ.

Witnesses:

HORACE AGREE, WM. 0. BELT. 

